The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 10, 1936, Image 4
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THB CLINTON CHBONICLE. CLINTON. 8. C
THURSDAY. DBCEMBEB 10^M§36
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its correspondents. '
lo matter hbw fast the man dr
woman in front of us is going, we
havel'^a . deep-seated * desire to paae
hinr and ^her and them.'^A person
that bats 100 per cent in intelligence
in his office or at a movie or at
church or at even a stag, party,
won't bat over 40 or 50 when he
drives an atitomobile. Something
gets out of adjustment automatical-!
ly just as soon as he gives her the!
gas.
CLINTON. S. €., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, ^
DOUBLING UP OF TAXES
, The overlapping of taxes and the
taxing power by- the state govem-
■ ments and the federal government
/ seenrs to be bringing about a situa- does not mean squandering^,
. tion which calls for correction and gluttony but a happy and
I world thaiTls^ hard for so many.
And, we should not forget as we
eat, drink ahd make merry, that
Christmas is, after all, Christ's mass,
many adjustments. Som^ way should
be* found to place'definite limits upon
the fields of taxation occupied the
national government and the state
, govemments respectively.
The trea.sury department has re
cently made a report oh “double tax
ation” from 1930 to 1935. There are'
six fields of taxation in which both
the federal and the state govem-
Juat abpht 2 persons out of 10
STOP. One out of every 20 pos
sibly looks' but only 1 out of 500
LISTENS, and even then, he’s list,
ening to what his sweetie orchis
cutie or his wife' is saying. Be
lieve it or not, children under the
age of 16 are the most careful driv
ers on the road. You can’t recall but
few, if any, wrecks where children
or a child was at the wheel. Grown
fools think they can drive whhn they
can’t. _
ments operate. These are inheritance does the little child. To the extent
taxes, individual income taxes, cor
poration taxes, gasoline taxes, liquor
beautiful thing. *
As we look at our town in its beau-
tiful <le€oration8 suggestive of.t'the
Yuletide seasonras- we rSad the ihany
appropriate and suggestive things in
today’s.and the next two weeks’ pa
pers telling of the celebration that
touches the hearts of the whole world,
it seems that we might all easily |
catxjh the true Christmas spirit as
th(
we grown-ups banish unkindness and
fears and hates, ahd open our hearts
No law that hae eter been enact
ed in these diggings has any teeth
in it. We occasionally fine a drunk
around $60 for driving while intoxi
cated, but he atill has 75 cents left
to buy another pint and get drunk
on. He should forfeit his license if
he drtvea wid hart.s somebody. After
he Stays sober a few months, give
him another chance, the final one.
It’s getting dangerous these dajrs for
a man to try to go anywhere ex
cept down through his cow' pasture,
then a big bull might puncture his
anatomy.
DIES IN COLUMBIA'
Mr^. L(ria Maf Puller, 26, wife of
W. L. Puller Lydia. Cotton Milla,
di^ Saturday at State Park in Co
lumbia, after gn extended illness.
The fuiierml service* was
at the home of her fat^r-in-Iaw^2iere'
oh Sunday afternoon ' at 3/ o'clock,
wit?h the Jtev. B. L. Woo^fickrtiiif.
Intlirment followed iit Beaverdam
cemetery near Mountvlile.
The deceased is survived by her
husband, two children, James and
Mercer, one sister and one brother.
FINAL SETli^M^T ’
- Take notice that on the 14th day
of December, 1936, I will render a
final account of my acts and. doings
as Administratrix of the estate of
Earle W. Workman, deceased, in the
office of the Judge 'of Probate of
Laurens County. at 11 o’clock a. m.,
and on the same day will api^y for
a final discharge from my trust M
Administratrix.
Any person indebted to said estate
is notified and required to make pay*
ment ion or before that date; and all
persons having claims against said
estate will present them on or before
said date, duly proven or be, forever
barred.
ESSIE ,W<?RKMAN,
Administretrix.
FILLED WITH THOUSANDS OF TOYS FOR ALL
AGES. StaOR AT BEI^S AND SAVE!
MEET SANTA IN TOYLAND THURSDAY NIGHT
DOLLS! — Shirley Temple uni
Quintuplet DoDi. All siicu. Alw
the famous Horsman dolla, with
human hair. Dy^dee and Rubier
dolls. Priced
taxes'and. tobacco taxes. While the 1 to kindness and love, we will approach
federal "government took $2,271,440,-
000 in taxes from these sources in
the fiscal year of 1935, the states dur
ing this periwi collected over $1,000,-
000,000 from the same sources.
From all but one of these taxes
the federal government takes more
than do all of the states which levy
them. The gasoline tax, however,
yielded nearly $600,000,000 to the
states and only a little over $160,-
000,000 to the federal govfirmnent.
Not all of the states impose inheri
tance and income taxes, but so long
as these fields are left open to the
.the celebration with spirit.s alive toi
its true significances. _j
Nobody’s Business
By Gee McGee
News Briefs rfom Flat Rock
licker-drinking seom.s to be spread
ing in our midrt, wimmen have
slowed down some, but young men
have took over their .sihort-comings.
the licker .s-toar at flat rock sold 19
states, the temjitation is strong ■ to. drunks, 8 fist-fights,- 3 cut
take advantage of these opportuhi-1 ^**'*^■*^*'*1***' ^ pi»tol brawls and 7
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ties to increase state revenue.
The largest souice of tax income of
the states and their subdivisions''is
the tax on real e.state. This i.s a field
which‘ the federal government does
not touch but doubtlesis soon .will. It
would seem reasonable for the federal
governments to keep out of the gaso
line tax business and for the states to
Itvave income and inheritance taxes
irnd tobacco taxes to Uncle Sam.
There certainly should he .some way
‘fouml to set up a sharp line of de
marcation lH.‘tween the taxing au- shortly after dark
thority of the staU's and that of the
central gow<?fnment. Under the pres
ent set-uj) the taxpa.ver is being heavi
ly soaked 'fi-om both ends. \
otter-mobeel wrecks, last friday and
satturday. that’s a slight gain over
the previous satturday.
WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS
Now colnes again in the svving of
years another Christmas season. Ev-
miss jennie veeve smith, our af-
ficient scholl principle, has invested
in a new fordor *iid. .she now takes
heF' friends to ride nearly ever p.
m. she takes only her boy friends
however, and it is always either
shorty long, the sody-jerker at the
drug stoar, or the fruit tree agent,
they always got back home
Nobody wants a ■< car that won’t
run over 40 m. p. h., but that’s what
it is coming to if this murder-busih-
ness ain’t soon checked up. 1 used
to think a machine gun was a moatt~|
horrible instrument of death, but one
of them things ain’t in it with a bone-
head and a fast car. Reckless driv
ers have got T. B. jind Flue and
Heart Disease hacked off the map!
wnhen it comes to providing doctors
and hospitals and undertakers with
livelihoods.
FR££/\o sufferers of
iSTOMACH ULCERS
HYPERACIDITY
-Williirds MosSiiqo of Relief
PRICEUSS INFORMATION
thoK luffcring from STOMACH 6a
DUonaNAL utxauu, dub to HTTsa. i
AC.iniTY-POOa DICaSTION.-ACID
DYSPEPSIA, soua STOMACH. GASSI
NESS, HaiuiTaUBN. GOMtmkATION,
BAD BEBATH, SLaaPLESSNESS OB
HEAOACHBS. DUB TO KXCBSS ACID.
Expiyag the nmrvtlpM WUkm4 Ttms-
mgmt which to Mheias
SoM «■ js frMn
SMITH’S PHARMACY
Dr. Felder Smith
of
. Dks. SMITH & SMITH
OPTOMETRISTS
Specialist In
Eye Examinations
Office Hours 8 to 6 Daily
Phone 101 for Appointment
Ciinton, S. C.
D. E. Tribble Co.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
...aiid.M
EMBALMERS
Licensed Erabakners, Coraple^
Modern'Equipmeat
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^ikaf Phone
94
Night Phonee
24. 253 or 255
Clinton,
S. C
48c to $9.95
DOUr SPECIAL —200 dolb with
cloth bodies. Extra special—
19c ea^
DOLL CARRIAGES and _
.BASSINETTES—-See our comfdete
line of Doll €arriag<» and the new
colorful Wicker Bassinettes.
x:arriages~
$1.95 to $4.95
BASSINETTES—
98c to $2.95
WAGONS — Belk’a Big Boy, all-
steel, ball-baring Wagona. Extra
large and stream-lined body. Large
rubber tires. Made to stand the
most severe treatment. Special—
- $3.29
Others from-^
j48c to $10.95
GAMES — Monopoly, Around the
World. Bingo, and many others—
48c to $1.88
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BELK'S DEPT. STORE
Clinton, S. C. . "
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no changes have took j^ace. in the
relief set-up since^ the' dimmercrats*
swept the world, holsum mooFe is
still the~“hig l>oy,’’ but he has Infnn
rt'pofted to'the seeker-terry of war
3 or 4 times for holding out on
iwme of the ;K>or famillies and pass-
iiff I
ing their .stuff'to personal friends
and his wife’s kinfolks, no
ing is going on at this riling.
cry country and every people have and his wife’s kinfolks, no suffer-
Vheir own -siMHiial holidays, both na-':
fioniil and religious, but Christinas is
a day for all countries and all people,
h is the world’s KolUlay.
the poleesman happened to a verry
sad axcident a few nights ago. he
4s it should bo, Chri.stmas is a day'was warming his feets on top of the
of gladnc*s3, cominemoi'ating as it | stove in the city hall while on duty
<ioes, the birth of Him who brought I about 9 p. m., when he'woke up, his
To'the world the greatest gladness it
has ever known oi' will ever know, it+ljad burnt'off, and he* was took to
shoes and britches up to his knees
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gives-us all, once a year, the oppor
tunity to he l>orn anew. No matter
how Weary, how discouraged, how
self-centered, how narrow, how shriv-
ele<l or how engrossed we have be-
ci>me in the twelve months’ pursuit of
money, glory or success, the opportu
nity comes at Christmas for all of us
to become new men and women.
Selfish gain may dominate our lives
for eleven months and two weeks, but
for the fortnight before Christmas, at
least, unselfiaih love aboMid.JMb.4ha.tei-.
umphant note.
The .King oL tHe Christmas season
is e-ssentially the!? child. Grown-ups
should never forget this. The dhirist-
mas seasoiy^^elebrates the birth of
one" who bad given a nwhe "tha W-
mains; to this 4r-off. day above every
other name. The child puts his inno-
the hospittle for repairs, he had nev-
ver befoar slept that sound except
when aomeboddy was robbing stoars
and filling stations in the night
time ansoforth.
it won’t be long- now- till our
county dellegation will report to, the
state cappitol to make new laws and
create new jobs, the old-a^ pen
sion bill' will be passed, and from
now on, the children of the country
won’t haye to be so mean to their
bid mammas and papas, and the
wirm .will turn, vizily: everboddy
will want to live, with ma and pB
instead of not Wanting raa and pa
to live with them, we will get J$60
at^ur house. ^
enduring the hot presstdential
«nt h^«rt iirto tJirratjw and takwjj^^ ^ our dollar not bo.
Asm mt Dmt 1
kmrm '
a fleWnTf
Bmndltni,
Bmm ptrt,
^.Spmr* Tir0
‘ Jte
Including modals that ghra
decidedly increased gasoline
mileage. ••• All models sam^^
wheelbase, same body slxe.^
a-h«rt-fult of love with hint when,)
th. day I. done How ^cb happr^ he can pay » much intruat and
we Wd all rf we could r«p huy aa manny poata«e atampa
***'*^.)‘ ....... . and ride, aa far on the train and
Chnatraaa li 1^ time to rememWr «« « much detta with the
all the big and Irttle kmdneaa^ aoKialled c39 dollar aa ho could wHh
have been beatowed upon us througli. ^,90 dollar, the only difference
out the year, and however you re
meipber it—whether with an expen
sive present or with a greeting card
—Bemember it with love.
„ For no matter how much money
you spent, you can give no more than
. your friendship or love with each gift.
We should not let this season pass
without making happier some of those
for whom life has bwn lees easy. You
need not go far today or tomorrbw to
find a child sorrowful, longing
eyes, and perhaps , an outstretched
hand. The tragedy of the Empty
Stocking touches every heart in Which
there Jives aa element of human kind
ness.
Tou will fuKl easily some man or
.woman, cold and Don’t pass
without ,patfciii^ lA least a'moment’s
brightnesa into Mw tired faces and
eyea.Or..thare may .be seme
he sees, sq he says, he rarely ever got
holt to one of them c59 dollars.
yores trulie,
mike Clark, rfd,
^ - corry spondent.
R B^TYLED from stem to atern, the 1937
‘ Ford V-S't are bow et your Ford Deal*
•r'a. Modem V*8 endioee in 2 aizea are
bffered. They’re emoodier, quieter, far more
eoonoinioel.New eelf-energizing brakes give
freefer atoppiiil power, with posipr pedal
action. Bodies are all •teel-.top, aides, and
"floor waldad into cme ateel unit--nd>l>er*
’ mouatad and folly inau]ated.Ridin^ comfort
ia further improved, with rear teat now 7''
forward of the axle. Steering ia easier. Lud*
'^iiie pompertmenta are mycL larger. Inte*
Hora are ridier in appmntmenta end uphol*
etefYnJii t. *:.Saa and drive theae gr^| new
cen today and leara how You caw
•|>*nd tou..own moro
wMi a ford V-ai“
TOUR VOB9 DRALRR
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S-W-I-S-H-!
There’s nothing strange or un
usual about 37,000 pecpte“h^ng killed
every year by automobires and around
850,000'wounded by the same agency.
You won’t wonder at this if yqju’ll
try to go somewhere yourself in a
car, or stand near the highway or on
the aiidewalks and watch' the antics
of so-called human beings, motoried.
laded
&and
or ecquaumoce conAiied at
home or ia hospital because of iU-
aeaa. Send him or her a Ghriatmte
ca$^ of cheer. The kindnta# of the
himvidail nukeli life powibte in a
All of us, or at least—the major
ity of us,. UMsluding this writer, lose
our sense of fear, respect fbr^^others,
as well'ae^ our aei>se axkl acting sen
sible, just as soon as we hop ia our
car, press the starter ai^ throw In
the oloCeh. We want to otart off by
leaping 50 feet, either forward or
baekwazd, ami then we try to sm